An innocuous trio of sentences released Tuesday on Vestas’ press office heralded big news for the company and their new 8 MW wind turbines, which are set to be installed for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm, being constructed by Danish company DONG Energy. According to DONG Energy, the … [continued]
Almost a year ago, Google took a 100% ownership position in Makani, an airborne wind energy company. It had previously held a $15 million position in the company, but after the tragic death of one of its founders, Makani’s future was less certain. Now it has deep pockets in Google … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. You may know of Sir Richard Branson — he’s the founder and chairman of Virgin Group, a British business tycoon, and a renowned entrepreneur. He has engaged in many aviation adventures, which include his hot air balloon “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” crossing the Atlantic in 1987. A new venture of his … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport Thanks to an interactive map created by the U.S. Geological Survey, it is now possible to make a virtual visit to any one of America’s 47,000 ground-based wind turbines. So I decided to take a trip around Washington state’s facilities. Using the hand-shaped icon in the left margin, you … [continued]
Originally published on Into The Wind. By Michael Goggin. A new white paper report finds that wind energy is keeping electric bills low for American homes and businesses, thanks to plummeting wind energy costs driven by technological improvements. The report was compiled by staff at the American Wind Energy Association and uses … [continued]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the opening of Siemens’ new LEED Platinum Middle East headquarters in Masdar City*, which also included an exclusive video featuring several details about the building. However, earlier in the day, before the big launch ceremony, a few journalists and bloggers got to … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. The South Australian government has given approval for the development of a $1.5 billion, 197 turbine wind farm on the Yorke Peninsula in the state’s west. Managed by Senvion Australia for the Suzlon Group, the 600MW Ceres Project – which would be the … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Ari Phillips. California law says that a third of the state’s energy must come from renewable sources by 2020. A proposed 500-square-mile, $8 billion wind farm developed by Anschutz Corp. in Wyoming could provide up to 3,000 megawatts of this power, or about three nuclear … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Legendary hedge fund investor Jeremy Grantham says there is no doubt that solar and wind energy will “completely replace” coal and gas across the globe, it is just a matter of when. The founder of $100 billion funds manager GMO Capital is known as a contrarian. … [continued]
A new study has found that the development of wind farms in Europe only has “an extremely limited impact” on the continental climate, a situation that is expected to remain the same until 2020. The research was led by two French laboratories — the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de … [continued]
